Intercity, Barça’s rival in the 1/16 final of the Copa del Rey, will look for a surprise on Wednesday (9:00 pm, Movistar Champions League) in Rico Pérez with eight former players from the Barça club under the command of Gustavo Siviero. None of them officially broke into the first team. Five of them played against Mirándes (2-0) in the previous round: Guillem Jaime, Cristian Herrera, Oriol Soldevila, Pol Roigé and Xemi Fernández.
1
On the back, 23 years old
Guillem Jaime
Originally from Torreforta (Tarragona), he arrived at La Masia at the age of 8 and climbed all the steps of the lower categories until he was one of the captains of Barça B in the last 2021-22 season, when he returned after a year away from Castellón and Nastic He lifted the UEFA Youth League as captain of Juvenil A in the 2017-18 season. He played with friends and toured, but never officially made his first team debut.
2
Midfielder, 20 years
Frank Angong
A Cemerunian from the Samuel Eto’o Foundation, he did not reach Barça’s Juvenil A until the 2020-21 season after training at Cornellà and passing through Cibao FC, from the Dominican Republic, under the guidance of Albert Benaiges. In 2020-21 he was loaned to Portuguese Sporting Clube da Covilhã and Cultural Leonesa. And he broke ties with Barça last summer.
3
Midfielder, 35 years old
Carlos Carmona
Mallorcan who played for Barça B from Recreativo de Huelva in the 2010-11 season, with Luis Enrique, and 2011-12, with Eusebio Sacristán. He scored 6 goals between the two courses. Second season at Intercity after 9 years at Sporting.
4
Midfielder, 27 years old
Xemi Fernandez
Trained at Damm and Cornellà, he played for Barça B in the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, with Gerard López as coach. In his first year at Intercity he was the top scorer with 5 goals after going through Oxford, Cornellà, Lleida and UCAM Murcia.
5
Midfielder, 21 years old
Oriol Soldevilla
From Barcelona who, after standing in Cornellà, played for Barça for two years in Juvenil B (2018-19) and in Juvenil A (2019-20). He went to Birmingham City, where his club played until breaking away and signing for Intercity.
6
Forward, 28 years old
Paul Royge
A teammate in the Barça youth team and in the cadet team of players like Deulofeu, Dongou, Sarsanedas, Brian Oliván, David Babunski… An early adventurer, he went to the Real Madrid youth team to play for many Spanish and foreign teams, such as GIF Sundsvall and the Romanian Petrolul.
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Forward, 28 years old
Christian Herrera
Pol Roigé’s generation partner in Barça’s grassroots football, he completed the cycle up to Juvenil A, but he did not go up to the subsidiary and went to Villarreal C in 2013. After playing in different teams, with international experience at FC Naters Oberwallis from Switzerland, joined Intercity in 2019.
8
Fast forward, 35 years
Benjamin Martinez
A globetrotter from grassroots football where he has played for Damm, Mercantil and Espanyol, he played for Barça B between 2009 and 2011, scoring five goals under Luis Enrique in 2010-11. He arrived at Intercity in 2021.
Source: La Verdad
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